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Subject: Re: (OT) A Preview of the Anthology of Chess Combinations, 3rd Edition

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:52:02 04/22/04

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On April 22, 2004 at 15:37:55, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

> Thank you very much, John! If you don't mind, one last test position...
>Zhao Xue / Nigel Short vs Xie Jun / Evgeny Bareev = Queens and Kings Match 2003
> [D]r3r1k1/pp4pp/1qpb1p2/3p1P2/3n2P1/2PP4/PP2NPBP/R1KQR3 b
> And here Black played the Knight sacrifice 16...Nxf5! and won in 34 moves.
> Source ==> http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1267576

CM_SKR on an AMD 2500+ needs just over two minutes to find this move:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.89	2468		1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Kb1 Bf4
0:00	1/4	-0.83	9072		1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Kb1 Bf4
					4.d4
0:00	1/5	-0.93	28093		1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Kb1 Bf4
					4.d4 Rad8
0:00	1/6	-0.92	78896		1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Kb1 Bf4
					4.d4 Rad8 5.Re1
0:00	1/7	-0.85	196526		1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Qe1 Bf4+
					4.Kc2 Kf8 5.b4 Qa6 6.a4
0:02	1/8	-0.65	711390		1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Qe1 Bf4+
					4.Kb1 Rxe2 5.Qxe2 Rf8 6.d4 Qc7
0:05	1/9	-0.82	1511408		1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Qe1 Be5
					4.d4 Bf4+ 5.Kc2 Kf8 6.Re6 Qb5 7.b3
0:12	1/10	-0.84	3637201		1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Qe1 Bf4+
					4.Kc2 Kf8 5.Re6 Rad8 6.b3 Rxe6
					7.fxe6 Kg8
0:30	1/11	-0.82	9305549		1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Qe1 Re5
					4.d4 Rxe2 5.Qxe2 Kf8 6.Qd2 Re8
					7.Kc2 Qb5 8.b3
1:48	1/12	-0.71	31848369	1...Nxe2+ 2.Rxe2 Bxh2 3.Kc2 d4
					4.Qe1 Re5 5.Rxe5 fxe5 6.c4 Bf4
					7.Kb1 Rd8 8.g5
2:05	1/12	-0.76	36761246	1...Nxf5 2.gxf5 Qxf2 3.Bf1 Bxh2
					4.Kc2 Bg3 5.Qd2 Bh4 6.Bh3 Qf3 7.Ng1
					Bxe1 8.Nxf3 Bxd2 9.Kxd2
3:44	1/13	-1.00	66309161	1...Nxf5 2.gxf5 Qxf2 3.Bf1 Bxh2
					4.Kc2 Bg3 5.Qd2 Bh4 6.Bh3 Bg5 7.Qd1
					Qf3 8.Ng1

jm



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